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The Dallas Morning News ran an editorial supporting Robert Scott in criticizing Secretary Duncan for being political and untruthful in his criticism of Texas education. http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/08/robert-scott-fi.html This is like the pot calling the kettle black. Commissioner Scott routinely plays politics at TEA , especially in the area of press releases and statements. Having lived in […]
August 13, 2011
We are a country that loves to rank EVERYTHING! Read any major website or USA Today and you will often find stories that rank the ten best cities, states, countries, travel spots, etc. We also love to rank schools. States rank them and various organizations rank them. I have even ranked them myself. I don’t […]
August 7, 2011
Remember this headline from a press release from TEA? Black-white achievement gap narrows on math NAEP (see http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=5011) Well, the same researchers that examined the Black-White gap also looked at the Hispanic-White gap. And what did they find? Well, for 4th and 8th grade reading as well as 8th grade math, they pretty much found […]
August 3, 2011
Previously, I wrote about how the Gates Foundation has invested millions of dollars to push for the Common Core Standards and how they are now working with other entities to make a profit from the entire idea of Common Core Standards. Well, Gates is at it again, now partnering with Joel Klein and Wireless Generation. […]
A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues 
August 22, 2011
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